Coronavirus toll reaches 9 deaths, 27 confirmed cases in Wash. state

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: KOMO

SEATTLE - The novel coronavirus tightened its grip on Washington state Tuesday, with nine deaths reported and at least 27 total cases confirmed statewide.

Eight deaths have been reported in King County, and one fatality has been reported in Snohomish County, health officials said.

One of the deaths confirmed Tuesday happened six days ago at Harborview Medical Center, but the coronavirus diagnosis wasn't made until well after the person's death, said Harborview spokesperson Susan Gregg.

Gregg said the patient, who had underlying medical conditions, was transferred to Harborview from the Life Care Center of Kirkland of Feb. 24, then died on Feb. 26. But the cause of death was not discovered until testing was completed days later. "In coordination with Public Health Seattle & King County, we have determined that some staff may have been exposed while working in an intensive care unit where the patient had been treated. We don’t believe that other patients were potentially exposed," Gregg said in a prepared statement.

Read more: https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/7th-coronavirus-death-reported-in-puget-sound-region

[getagrip_already]

1. F the federal response that has deliberately crippled testing.....

It's clear that the lack of test kits is intentional. Hide the numbers is trumps favorite game.

[titaniumsalute]

2. So 1/3rd of the cases in washington result in death??

[genxlib]

5. More likely

There are hundreds of people who are positive but not yet tested or confirmed.

Another possible factor...is that it sounds as if one of the early victims was in a nursing home so it could be clustered within a high-risk community.

[Mrs. Overall]

6. Yes. I think you are correct on both counts about the death rate.

[soryang]

10. Based upon close observation of S.Korean numbers every day

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I think for every 6 deaths a guess of one thousand infections is appropriate. This isn't a death rate per se but rather how the numbers go when reported with extensive tracking of contacts, and widespread diagnostic testing. The Trump administration has done neither, and I believe the bureaucratic inertia and lack of transparency is deliberate.

The Senate hearing today was basically a baffle em with bs session, with evasive answers and excuses galore for why they were letting this situation proceed so haphazardly.

The FDA commissioner Dr. Hahn, i believe said maybe they could deliver sufficient numbers of test kits in several days. By that time, the number of cases could triple or more. Even then made excuses about how there could be distribution delays outside of his agencies control.

[RhodeIslandOne]

12. This thing running loose in a nursing home is a death chamber n/m

[Farmer-Rick]

3. 9 deaths out of 27 is a 33% death rate.

Does anyone have better numbers in Washington.

[cstanleytech]

7. That could be a % though based on age bracket as remember the outbreak there

was reported to be inside a retirement facility and we know that so far most of the deaths have been hitting the already sick and elderly in China where as most of the younger and healthier people seem to be recovering.

[uppityperson]

9. Lack of testing has decreased #s of who has it here

[Pobeka]

13. They're in a nursing home.

Highly compromised to begin with. Worst case scenario.

General population is much healthier.

[KT2000]

4. the nursing home will have more deaths

so those numbers will go up.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. Oh wow, those poor folks.

I hope they didn't vote for the guy who is letting them die.

When my mom was in a nursing home, she always voted Democratic.

[NurseJackie]

11. Nine out of 27?? That's a 33% fatality rate!!

[LisaL]

14. As far as I can tell, most of the dead were the residents of the nursing home.

Elderly have a higher mortality rate from this corona virus.

[NurseJackie]

15. Thanks... that makes more sense.

[Tinybraw]

16. Covid-19 Update

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